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Tonino Valerii.

(Just confirmed by Tim Lucas, courtesy of long-term Valerii collaborator Ernesto Gastaldi.)

MichaelB wrote:Tonino Valerii.

(Just confirmed by Tim Lucas, courtesy of long-term Valerii collaborator Ernesto Gastaldi.)

Tho' he's more known for his spaghetti westerns, Valerii did direct and cowrite a superior giallo, My Dear Killer, a movie that works as a summary of the whole subgenre: it not only contains all the characteristic elements and themes laid on on the surface, but executes them with craft (eg.: you can actually tell what's going on). It makes a good template to work from. A movie I'd send anyone to if they were interested in knowing what the giallo is all about.

Jacques Picoux, French artist and professor based in Taiwan, who worked as a translator and subtitler for a number of Chinese-language filmmakers (including Tsai Ming-liang, Wong Kar-wai and Hou Hsiao-hsien) and played the sorcerer in The Assassin.

Jack Chick discussion moved here

Carlos Alberto, scorer of one of the World Cup's iconic goals en route to winning it in 1970.

Michael Massee, was in Se7en, Lost Highway and The Crow.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Michael Massee, was in Se7en, Lost Highway and The Crow.

Woah, that's a shame. He made a big impact to me in a short time as I saw him in 24, The X-Files, and Se7en all around the same time in college (The X-Files & Se7en were older roles, but I was seeing them for the first time).

But something in that article doesn't make sense. If he was 28 while making The Crow, he couldn't have been 61 now...

"He was 28" refers to Brandon Lee.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Michael Massee, was in Se7en, Lost Highway and The Crow.

No fucking way...! I mean wow, this is just such a surprise. I loved him for Lost Highway alone, not to mention all the memorable roles and bit parts in other things (HBO's Carnivale, for one). Very shocked.

Russian actor Vladimir Zeldin. I talked about him in the Film Centenarians and Near-Centenarians thread...

Ashirg wrote:Russian actor Vladimir Zeldin. I talked about him in the Film Centenarians and Near-Centenarians thread...

I wonder if Norman Lloyd is still a working actor? He appeared in Trainwreck last year and turns 102 seven days from now, and was older than Zeldin.

Beloved horror host John Zacherle

Professor Wagstaff wrote:Beloved horror host John Zacherle

Howard Stern gave him a nice send-off Monday morning.

Eddie Applegate, who played the boyfriend of one of Patty Duke's characters on The Patty Duke Show. He is the third cast member from that series to die this year.

Who's even left from the series, the kid who played the son?

Motherfucker, and today was going so well